Free software is simply software that respects our freedom — our freedom to learn and understand the software we are using. Free software is designed to free the user from restrictions put in place by proprietary software, and so using free software lets you join a global community of people who are making the political and ethical assertion of our rights to learn and to share what we learn with others.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Online Survey

I would really appreciate your support in filling out the online questionnaire by asking colleagues and friends within your reach to give their opinions. It could be done in any one of the three languages, English, Arabic, or French, whichever is convenient.

This campaign is proceeding, and we still need samples from Lebanon, especially in the non-IT sectors.

Thank you again for you help, and I hope we could meet sometime in the very near future to discuss ways of cooperation.

This questionnaire aims at gauging your views about the current status of Free & Open Source Software in the Arab region with the view of spreading awareness and promoting its adoption.

This questionnaire is part of a research conducted by a regional research team affiliated with the Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) at the School of Business of the American University in Cairo, in collaboration with Ma3bar, the Arab Support Center for Free & Open Source Software at the University of Balamand, Al-Kurah, Lebanon.

Your opinion is vital for the success of this research and will be treated in the strictest confidence within the ethical code of practice for field research at the American University in Cairo; thus the information gathered will solely be used to compile statistics. No data about you as an individual will be disclosed in any published results.